扇

See also: 煽 and 搧

Translingual

Han character

扇 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸尸一一 (HSSMM) or 戈尸尸一一 (ISSMM), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶羽 or ⿸户羽 or ⿸戸羽)

Derived characters

• 煽, 搧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 416, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11743
• Dae Jaweon: page 761, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2263, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6247

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Chinese

trad.		扇
simp. #		扇
alternative forms		搧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (扇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扇	*hljen, *hljens
煽	*hljen, *hljens
傓	*hljens

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戶 (“door”) + 羽 (“feather”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): san

  (Meixian, Guangdong): san⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): si̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ / siàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
    • Hakka Romanization System: san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ / siàn
    • Tâi-lô: sìnn / siàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svix, siexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹/, /siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ¹¹/, /siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/

Note:

• sìⁿ - vernacular;
• siàn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sin³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩ²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 扇 (扇子)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʂan⁵³/ /san⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂã²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʂã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʂã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/san³⁵/
	Chengdu	/san¹³/
	Guiyang	/san²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʂã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʂaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʂæ̃⁵³/ /ʂən⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʂɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sø⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷõ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ɕi⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕye³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/ɕiɛ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂə̃⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/san⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ʃɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sin²²/
	Nanning	/sin³³/
	Hong Kong	/sin³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sian²¹/ /sĩ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/siɛŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/siŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sĩ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ti³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syenH

Rime
Character	扇
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式戰切
Baxter	syenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕianH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][a][r]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ syenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][a][r]-s/
English	leaf of door (: fan?)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扇
Reading #	2/2
No.	11079
Phonetic component	扇
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	扇
Old Chinese	/*hljens/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 扇

1. ^† leaf of door
2. fan
3. Classifier for doors, windows.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 扇子 (“fan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		扇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扇子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扇子
	Taiwan	扇子
	Harbin	扇子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	扇子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	扇子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	扇子
	Wanrong	扇子
	Xi'an	扇子
	Xining	扇子
	Xuzhou	扇子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扇子
	Lanzhou	扇子
	Ürümqi	扇子, 扇兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扇子
	Wuhan	扇子
	Guiyang	扇子
	Guilin	扇子
	Liuzhou	扇子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	扇兒, 扇子
	Yangzhou	扇子
	Hefei	扇子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	扇
	Hong Kong	扇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	扇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	扇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	扇
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	扇
	Macau	扇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	扇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	扇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	扇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	扇
	Foshan	扇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	扇
	Foshan (Shunde)	扇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	扇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	扇
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	扇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	扇
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	扇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	扇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	扇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	扇
	Taishan	扇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	扇
	Enping (Niujiang)	扇
	Heshan (Yayao)	扇
	Dongguan	扇
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	扇
	Shaoguan	扇
	Yunfu	扇
	Yangjiang	扇
	Xinyi	扇
	Lianjiang	扇
	Nanning	扇
	Wuzhou	扇
	Yulin	扇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	扇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	扇
Gan	Nanchang	扇子
	Lichuan	扇
	Pingxiang	扇子
Hakka	Meixian	扇仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	扇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	扇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	扇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	扇
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	提扇
	Yudu	扇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扇仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扇仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扇仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扇仔, 扇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扇
	Hong Kong	扇
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	扇子
	Senai (Huiyang)	扇
Huizhou	Jixi	扇
Jin	Taiyuan	扇子
	Xinzhou	扇子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扇, 蒲扇
Southern Min	Xiamen	扇, 扇仔
	Quanzhou	扇
	Zhangzhou	扇
	Taipei	葵扇
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扇
	Kaohsiung	葵扇
	Yilan	扇, 葵扇
	Changhua (Lukang)	扇, 葵扇
	Taichung	葵扇
	Tainan	扇, 葵扇
	Hsinchu	扇, 葵扇
	Kinmen	扇, 葵扇
	Penghu (Magong)	扇, 葵扇
	Penang (Hokkien)	扇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	葵扇
	Manila (Hokkien)	葵扇
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	扇
	Chaozhou	扇
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	扇
	Leizhou	扇
	Haikou	扇
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	扇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	扇
Wu	Shanghai	扇子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	扇子
	Suzhou	扇子
	Danyang	扇子
	Hangzhou	扇子
	Ningbo	扇子
	Wenzhou	扇
	Jinhua	扇
Xiang	Changsha	扇子
	Loudi	扇子, 扇
	Shuangfeng	扇子
	Quanzhou	扇子, 扇

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san
• Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàn / sìⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
    • Hakka Romanization System: san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàn / sìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siàn / sìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexn, svix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²¹/, /sĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/, /sĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²¹/, /sĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn¹¹/, /sĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²¹/, /sĩ²¹/

Note:

• sìⁿ - vernacular;
• siàn - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: syen

Rime
Character	扇
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式連切
Baxter	syen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕian/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扇
Reading #	1/2
No.	11077
Phonetic component	扇
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	羶
Old Chinese	/*hljen/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 扇

1. to fan

   因為大廳裡很熱，她扇個不停。 [MSC, trad.]
   因为大厅里很热，她扇个不停。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīnwèi dàtīng lǐ hěn rè, tā shān ge bùtíng. [Pinyin]

   As the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time.

   alt. forms: 煽 (for invigorating fire), 搧 (shān)

2. to incite; to instigate; to provoke

   alt. forms: 煽 (shān)

3. to slap (somebody on the face)

   我真想扇你一個耳光。 [MSC, trad.]
   我真想扇你一个耳光。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhēn xiǎng shān nǐ yī ge ěrguāng. [Pinyin]

   I could give you a slap in the face.

   alt. forms: 搧 (shān)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 扇 – see 煽 (“to fan; to invigorate fire; to incite; to instigate; to provoke”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 煽).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 扇 – see 搧 (“to fan; to flap; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 搧).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

扇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: おうぎ (ōgi, 扇, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 扇子(せんす) (sensu)
• 団扇(うちわ) (uchiwa)
• 鉄扇(てっせん) (tessen)

Kanji in this term
扇
おうぎ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

扇(おうぎ) • (ōgi) ^{←あふぎ (afugi)?}

1. fan (folding fan)

Derived terms

• 蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) (kawahoriōgi): bat fan, a folded paper fan

Related terms

• 扇(あお)ぐ (aogu, “to fan”)

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Korean

Hanja

扇 • (seon) (hangeul 선)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 扇 (phiến, thiên)

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